Comments on: Get AirPlay Mirroring on Older Macs with AirParrot http://osxdaily.com/2012/10/03/get-airplay-mirroring-on-older-macs-with-airparrot/ News, tips, software, reviews, and more for Mac OS X, iPhone, iPad Tue, 21 May 2013 21:37:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Xman71 http://osxdaily.com/2012/10/03/get-airplay-mirroring-on-older-macs-with-airparrot/#comment-434076 Xman71 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 14:58:27 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=33623#comment-434076 MacMini owner desktop user here, but also I use a Samsung Series 3 "Macbook Air knock-off" ultrabook running Win 7. AirParrot is not perfect, but I would certainly give it at least a A- with getting my Sammie to work with Apple TV and mirroring Powerpoint presentations and slideshows. I haven't tried any video yet with it though. It's worth $10 for sure though whether your are a Win user or older Mac user. MacMini owner desktop user here, but also I use a Samsung Series 3 “Macbook Air knock-off” ultrabook running Win 7.
AirParrot is not perfect, but I would certainly give it at least a A- with getting my Sammie to work with Apple TV and mirroring Powerpoint presentations and slideshows. I haven’t tried any video yet with it though.
It’s worth $10 for sure though whether your are a Win user or older Mac user.

]]> By: MacKiwi http://osxdaily.com/2012/10/03/get-airplay-mirroring-on-older-macs-with-airparrot/#comment-434001 MacKiwi Thu, 04 Oct 2012 10:53:02 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=33623#comment-434001 My MBP is a 13.3 from middle 2010 with a Nvidia GeForce 320M! That should have enough power for that feature! I agree with Misha! It's a shame! With Airparrot I can use 3! displays on my MBP! One is the internal, second is a 22"(with display port) and 3 is a 42" full hd tv! You can see it has power enough. My MBP is a 13.3 from middle 2010 with a Nvidia GeForce 320M! That should have enough power for that feature! I agree with Misha! It’s a shame! With Airparrot I can use 3! displays on my MBP! One is the internal, second is a 22″(with display port) and 3 is a 42″ full hd tv! You can see it has power enough.

]]> By: Kr00 http://osxdaily.com/2012/10/03/get-airplay-mirroring-on-older-macs-with-airparrot/#comment-433983 Kr00 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 09:23:24 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=33623#comment-433983 I disagree. If you see your older Mac max out while attempting mirroring you would understand why Apple didn't implement it on Macs with unsupported GPU's. You say you love Apple products, well you would hate your mirroring experience on an older Mac, believe me. Nobody should expect Apple to support, retrospectively, new technology that wasn't intended for old hardware. How far back do your expect Apple to retro support old Macs? Power PC's? The Apple Lisa? I disagree. If you see your older Mac max out while attempting mirroring you would understand why Apple didn’t implement it on Macs with unsupported GPU’s. You say you love Apple products, well you would hate your mirroring experience on an older Mac, believe me. Nobody should expect Apple to support, retrospectively, new technology that wasn’t intended for old hardware. How far back do your expect Apple to retro support old Macs? Power PC’s? The Apple Lisa?

]]> By: Kr00 http://osxdaily.com/2012/10/03/get-airplay-mirroring-on-older-macs-with-airparrot/#comment-433980 Kr00 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 09:01:43 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=33623#comment-433980 The reason why Apple didn't include it on older Macs is because of GPU power. Mirroring max's out the GPU, turning your Mac into a toaster. My Macbook Pro 2009 runs at 90-100% on both cores while using Airparrot. Your GPU has to encode any video to mp4, on the fly, then stream it to your ATV. Also you need to kick all other users off your network to have it run smoothly. Freezing and chopping is constant. Also, Airparrot installs a plugin that screws with your finder and cursor when clicking on and/or dragging files. I had to uninstall it altogether. If you want to stream videos from any Mac to your ATV, use Beamer. http://beamer-app.com The reason why Apple didn’t include it on older Macs is because of GPU power. Mirroring max’s out the GPU, turning your Mac into a toaster. My Macbook Pro 2009 runs at 90-100% on both cores while using Airparrot. Your GPU has to encode any video to mp4, on the fly, then stream it to your ATV. Also you need to kick all other users off your network to have it run smoothly. Freezing and chopping is constant.

Also, Airparrot installs a plugin that screws with your finder and cursor when clicking on and/or dragging files. I had to uninstall it altogether. If you want to stream videos from any Mac to your ATV, use Beamer. http://beamer-app.com

]]> By: bakajiji http://osxdaily.com/2012/10/03/get-airplay-mirroring-on-older-macs-with-airparrot/#comment-433858 bakajiji Wed, 03 Oct 2012 23:36:34 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=33623#comment-433858 VLC Streamer works very well, with my iPad as the go-between. It’s free, too. You install VLC Streamer on the iPad and its Helper App on the iMac, and you’re all set. VLC Streamer works very well, with my iPad as the go-between. It’s free, too. You install VLC Streamer on the iPad and its Helper App on the iMac, and you’re all set.

]]> By: Misha http://osxdaily.com/2012/10/03/get-airplay-mirroring-on-older-macs-with-airparrot/#comment-433797 Misha Wed, 03 Oct 2012 20:31:28 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=33623#comment-433797 It only goes to show that Apple forcefully disables functionality for older hardware, as so you have to buy new(er) products. Don't get me wrong, I love Apple products, hardware and software, but it's a shame we (I) have to discard of somewhat older Apple products, because they are left in the dark. The whole Apple ecosystem could even be bigger, if people were allowed to use older (is a 2008 Macbook really that old for 10.8...?). It only goes to show that Apple forcefully disables functionality for older hardware, as so you have to buy new(er) products. Don’t get me wrong, I love Apple products, hardware and software, but it’s a shame we (I) have to discard of somewhat older Apple products, because they are left in the dark. The whole Apple ecosystem could even be bigger, if people were allowed to use older (is a 2008 Macbook really that old for 10.8…?).

]]> By: Svenborgia http://osxdaily.com/2012/10/03/get-airplay-mirroring-on-older-macs-with-airparrot/#comment-433764 Svenborgia Wed, 03 Oct 2012 17:59:12 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=33623#comment-433764 Works very well on a 2010 MBP here. Great app! Works very well on a 2010 MBP here. Great app!

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